| Show news review of current events the world over avei france and belgium 0 default on war debts great britain and four obber nations pay drys argue A against ainest le legalizing alibin b beer by EDWARD W PICKARD FRANCE FRAINCE reputedly one of the rich est tn in the world has de faulted for the first time in hestor it has broken its pledged word refus ing to pay the december war debt interest 1 installment of 19 due the unit ed states this action cdon was taken by the 7 chamber of deputies by a vote rote of to while the galleries roared the nationalist tion alist and royalist song not a sou to america the powerful 51 herriot socialist party deserted the government premier herriot Iler riot had made a tremendous fight tile most brilliant to in his career and when his defeat was announced nour iced he and tits his ministers stalked out of the chamber the deputies then took another vote on a motion to defer payment until such a time as an international debt conference can be held beld and tills this was carried sa to 57 67 the radical socialists who had supported the premiers terms for pay ment had left the chamber before this vote was taken herriot and his bis cabinet immediately submitted their resignations to president lebrun rind and as Is customary were asked to carry on until a new government could be formed consequently it was necessary for berniot to transmit to washington the decision of the chamber FOLLOWING a rapid exchange between london and washington great britain fulfilled expectations by paying the SA SM iVi OOOO in principal and interest due the united states on thursday at a c D 0 government had proposed that the payment should not noi be regarded as the regular semiannual semi annual installment provided tor for in the debt agree ment but as a pay nent ment on capital to be taken into account in any future under udder secy St stimson Ionson standing secretary of state stimson Sli iDson promptly cepl replied ed declining to accept the payment if accompanied by conditions that would amount to repudiation of the debt funding pact the british of that they were merely setting forth their own position and the right to recur to their arguments in the I 1 he future examination of the whole question to which the united states government govern meni has bas agreed the officials in washington Washl ngon interpreted the last british note as one of mental reservations and decided they could accept the payment with out committing the united states to any deviation from the terms of the debt settlement so the incident was considered closed so far as great brit aln was concerned roil followed owed the example of france and defaulted tile the cabinet council decided not to pay america the lk that was tile due explaining that ibe hoover mora borlum and the lausanne reparations agreement had deprived belgium of substantial sums and that the debt funding agreement of 1025 1925 was based on capacity to pay then the cabinet resigned ned italy lithuania czechoslovakia and latvia paid up on the debt hungary ny poland and esthonia Rs thonia did not pay poland has asked the united states to review the debt agreement or on the ground that her interest on the debt is unfairly hl high h when compared to that which italy pays RESIDENT IMM r ROOSEVELT awas was aroused to wrath when the cor respondent of the london express sent a cablegram to his bis paper mis representing tit mr Roosevel ts views on the the dispatch said a I 1 once clear up any tits nils r Is at home con 1 athe the new president la is dwar debts I 1 gather TOP p N eaon aloro motors I 1 p ro abat on N larch ch LEFT new na a slat statement ement how bow each passe a an me meas tion instead of 0 b brinna 9 11 with ith disco mf re rca 1 IGHT new rear e ey I 1 atly erparas aja G T T T h e IRR I 1 al it f also to deny a report printed in a sacramento newspaper that he be would offer the portfolio of the interior to senator niram hiram IV V johnson R representative P LOUIS T me fadden of pennsylvania who seems to dislike mr hoover doover more than anyone else does introduced a resolution seeking to impeach the president cn on oil the ground that he has failed to obey the mandate of congress against tile the cancellation of the war debts and has endeavored to nullity nullify the con tracts existing between the united states and its debtors in his talk tile the pennsylvanian even hinted tit at pos sible bribery A motion to lay the im resolution on the table was opposed by only eight members all democrats except mcfaddon mcfadden HERRIOT of france P PREMIER having accepted the agreement reconciling the equality demands of Gerni germany any and the security requirements of r france rance the german govern ment consented to return to the disarmament conference and hopes for the success of that conference were revived france great real britain and italy declared that one of the altris alms of the conference Is to give equality or of rights to germany and her allied powers within a framework of security for all nations Drita britain ln france italy and germany affirmed they would not resort to arms to settle disputes and the same powers promised to operate cooperate co in a sincere effort to bring about disarmament in berlin this accord aas as consid ered a distinct victory for chancellor kurt von schleicher and foreign minister von neurath R representative I 1 DANIEL E U garrett of houston texas died in his washington apartment after nn an illness of se several eral months mont lis ile ie was a democrat of great influence in the party and to in the house had served sixteen years in congress and was reelected in november for the war debts beer ewas EXCEPT was the chief lef topic of interest in washington the house ways and means committee was conducting hearings on the legalizing measures and it heard plenty in opposition from both wen men and women the gentler sex sei came first and the hie things it ft said about beer were far from gentle the women were acre led by mrs henry W peabody of 1 new york general chairman of the national commit dr AJ A J barton tee fee for law enforcement they told the committee that beer was responsible for do 00 per cent of pre prohibition drun drunkenness henness and asserted that modification of the vol stead act was vlas the entering wedge tor for the e return of the open saloon then they warned tit that at if red revo lution and riots roi followed loved the passage of beer lc legislation station the responsibility would be laid at the committees door three congressmen and dr leigh colvin of new york also spoke in opposition to modification callon next day the dry men marshaled by dr A J barton C irlon executive secretary of the antl anti saloon league took the floor they included canon W S chase deets picket bishop james cannon jr and others and another woman mrs ella boole president of the national christian tern perance union was with them to ad adl her arguments one of the witnesses produced by the drys was dr walter R miles of title who told of expert ments he be made with students tending to show that a per cent alcoholic drink was intoxicating ile he admitted the stuff staff he gave the hoys boys was not real beer but bul a concoction of grape juice sugar and alcohol secretary of the treasury tills mills was summoned by the committee to give estimates of the amount of revenue which would be derived from a tax of M on each barrel of le beer little affected by all the dry arguments it had hoard heard the committee xi went ent to work drafting the legalizing bit bill 1 the wets were confident the could put it through the house but bul wro art otso t so sure they could muster a two wo t 11 we ae to overcome a veto rask fer and there were executive would ire on the aroun d Y the eighteenth the bone dry offered 4 W mtv FRANKLIN D MRS has called forth the shocked pro te stations of prohibition women in va does parts ot of the country by assert ing in a radio talk that the average american girl 0 of today faces aces the lem of learning very young how much she can drink of such things as whisky whisks and gin anti sticking to the proper quantity she was contrasting con dictions today with those in her youth when as she said very ft fr girls drank anything beyond a glass 0 of wine at home and it never would have occurred to the young man to carry a lask flask to an evening party ETS eisin in the house were defeated w in two attempts to cut off funds for prohibition enforcement amendments to the treasury supply bill designed to slash from the 1931 1934 appropriation for the coast guard were offered by schafer of wisconsin and boylan of new york tort but both were voted down APAN was becoming more and more i JAPAN isolated by developments in geneva the league of nations conciliation committee of nineteen which Is now to handle the sino japanese Japa nose trouble over manchuria intended to ask the united states and russia to 14 W have representatives on the committee but tokyo instructed its r delegation at geneva to reject any such proposal indeed japan A declines to let the committee settle the 51 litvinov controversy thus disregarding the friendly advice of great britain then maxim litvinov Lity inov soviet foreign affairs commissar issued a statement that russia and chlon china are resuming diplomatic negotiations that were ruptured in 1927 1027 ile he gave out the news after a parley with D W W yen chinese delegate at geneva this was looked on as a direct bid for tion of russia by the united states it Is only when all states maintain relations with one another litvinov said that we will be able to speak seriously of international operation cooperation co in the cause of pence peace international observance of pence peace pacts and agreements and the creation of universally recognized and authoritative international organizations this was interpreted as an intimation that russian operation cooperation co in settling the manchurian dispute may b bo conditioned on american recognition of the soviets at the same time it was taken as a veiled hint that russia it if it Is treated as it wishes would consider entering the league of nations to collaborate to in strengthening the peace pacts A spokesman for the government in tokyo said this action by what he described as the nations most disturbing to the peace of the world was indirectly threatening japan MARVIN JONES of the CHAIRMAN C house agricultural committee introduced trod the democratic farm relief measure in the house the same being the allotment plan which Is favored by president elect roosevelt erelt with this as a basis the democrats hope to work out a bill that can be passed at this session the jones bill which applies only to wheat cotton tobacco and hogs provides virtually two plans in one for 1913 1033 the secretary of agriculture would fix the percentage of these commodities modi ties required tor for domestic con no means of curtailing production Is provided thirty days after pas sage of the net act producers of the four commodities would he be entitled to receive adjustment certificates on that portion of their sales falling failing within the domestic consumption percentage the certificates would be issued ht at the rate of 42 cents a bushel for wheat 5 cents a pound for cotton 4 cents for tobacco and 2 cents for hogs less a small administrative charge with passage of tile the act adjustment charges at these same rates would he be levied on the processing of tile the four commodities tariffs at these rates would be levied on imports and an extra tariff of 5 cents a pound on short staple cotton and cotton goods would be imposed T HOOVER in the pr presence es PRESIDENT of a a group of distinguished persons accepted on behalf of the navon nation the deed to the wooded island of Ano lostan in the potomac river which Is now a natural shrine to the memory of theodore roosevelt the president directed that it shall hereafter be known as theodore roosevelt island ind and dedicated to the nation among those present at the ceremony were mrs hoover mrs alice roosevelt eielt longworth longi borth secretary of state stimson an and d general pershing LOODY fighting in tile the chaco continues B BLOODY between bolivia and para guay and it Is estimated that tile the casualties already have reached 30 the paraguayan forces claim cl alfin to have captured several forts recently and have seemed to be having the best of the conflict but the bolivians ians are greatly strengthened by the presence of gen hans kundt the german ofil who Is commanding them in the be t fields geld NE of the lame ducks ducke ot of tile the house 0 william Rams cyer or of has ajen be en provided prodded to for ts As willing hyx P 14 01 ol hy 11 r |
